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intransitive verb
-·tred, -·tringBrit. luster, luster
noun
Lustre is a British spelling for luster which is defined as a shine, brightness or special quality.
An example of lustre is the glow of sterling silver.
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Noun
(plural lustres)
- Shine, sheen gleam or polish.
- The brass had a characteristic lustre that practically glowed when it was freshly cleaned.
- By extension, interest, attractiveness, or splendour.
- After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its lustre.
- Refinement, polish, or quality.
- He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present lustres, present participle lustring, simple past and past participle lustred)
- (rare, poetic) To make lustrous.
Noun
(plural lustres)
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Sentence Examples
- The Church added a lustre of a different kind.
- The lustre is metallic and brilliant.
- The densest anthracite is of ten of a semi-metallic lustre, resembling somewhat that of graphite.
- The lustre is bright and metallic. In its external characters graphite is thus strikingly similar to molybdenite.
- It is an ironblack, opaque mineral, with metallic lustre; hardness about 6, sp. gr.
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